The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-11-04

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Observation-Disclosures Items.
Queen Victoria has made such progress In
Hindostani that she is able to give orders in
that language to the two Indian servants in
her service.
Mark Twain sent to Caroline B. LIE Row,
the teacher who collected the examples given
In the book English as She Is Taught" the
check for $3.50 paid him by The Century
company for his reviewing article.
Miss Braddon is about to bring out her
fiftieth novel, Her husband has made so
much money by publishing her books that he
hos retired from business. There is a wicked
story afoat that after beginning the publica.
ton of her books, when she was a spinster.
he found that he owed her pile of money
which he couldn't pay, so he proposed com.
promise in the shape Of marriage which the
novelist accepted.
A man Of unusual "prominencer died the
other day at his home in Austria 1t was the
giant, Joseph Winkelmayer, who measured
feet in, hes i'll height and appeared in
many European dime museum. But his
lungs were apparently not able to stand the
great ratification of the air in the elevated
strata he was compelled to breathe, and he
succumbed to tuberculosis
Erastus Corning, of Troy, the famous iron
FOUNDER, never thinks Of going into his con.
Servatory to examine his beautiful orchid,
without hrst lighting his pipe, which is a
large and beautiful meerschnum. heavily
mounted with solid silver, and a stem mado
from jasmine grown in his own conserya-
tory.
+. Marion Crawford, the novelist, and poet
OF Philadelphia's recent centennial. is a man
OF many accomplishments besides his literary
gifts. he is good musician, being able to
accompany his own songs on either piano or
guitar. He is a rare linguist, and an athlete
OF acknowledged power. Although the pen
Is the instrument by which he is known to
tho world, he is equally accomplished in the
use of the fencer's foils. Mr.. Crawford is Of
American parentage, hut he was born in
Italy, and has Just taken up his permanent
residence in that country, in the Villa Craw
ford, overlooking the bay of Naples.
Claus Spreckels, of California, who bo.
been termed the Sugar King of the Sandwich
Islands, is a German who began life in the
west as the keeper of grocery store, He
WINS an expert chemist, and invented soma
new process for refining sugar. 1t was esti.
mated three years ago that he made 600 bar
rels Of sugar a day, each barrel worth $40
thereby giving him an income of 60. $40 0O0 a
year. His wealth is now estimated at sos
100000 Mr.. Spreckels is an old man, but he
Is still very active and energetic. He speaks
with a strong German accent, il simple in
his dress and domestic in his habits.
Ed Scheffelin, who sold out the celebrated
Tough Nut mine i'll Arizona for something
Ike a million dollars, wears his hair in long
ringlets and is somewhat eccentric in his
iress, but he has big heart, and those who
know him well say that q worthy charity
never appealed to him in vain. Up to the
time he sold the Tough Nut he had been n
hard working miner and knew nothing OF
the ways OF the world. With the proceeds
Of the sale he went to San Francisco to enioy
his honestly acquired riches. He had deter
mined to have the best of everything, and
registered at the Baldwin hotel When meal
time came he sought entrance to the dining
room in his shirt sleeves. The sable door
keeper told him he must put his coat ON be-
Gore goirg in. Ed got mad at this infringe
ment on his private rights and long sstab-
ished custom, and exclaimed: Il guess YOU
don't know who / am, you black rascal.p
"Dat don't make no odds, SIR" The honest
miner was riled clear through and through
and sent for Landlord Pearson. The latter
told him he must finish dressing before going
to eat, no matter who he was MIR. Scheffelin
is man of observing qualities, and he has
not been slow in adapting himself 10 his
changed circumstances He has good bust
ness sense and although anything but stingy,
takes good care Of his fortune.
"Jenny Lind, said Miss Emma Thursby TO
Mrs. Louise Chandler Mouton recently, lis
living on lovely street in London called
The Bottoms and her house. which is COW
cred with graceful vines, is shut in from the
noisy city by trees and fragrant flowers But
the famous singer is suffering invalid now,
rarely seeing one, and when American re-
porters call, as they do now and then, they
are met at the door by faithful old servant,
who has watched over her mistress for thirty
years past, and who delivers this brief but
grateful message, that Jenny Lind wishes
them to say that she will never cease to love
the American people with all her heart Que
Of Jenny Lind's most intimate friends and
neighbors is Nine. Albani, who lives with her
husband just across the street from tho
Swedish Nightingale Albani's voicei No,
l don't think it in any way phenomenal, hut
she has gained great success because she has
always been an earnest worker, and then she